Improved animal trap



waited @femm @wat ctihiiw.

ABNER NEWTON,ot1 DARBY GREEK, oH/Io.

Latem Patent .Nb.1o6,858, met August 30,1870.

IMPROVED ANIMAL TRAP.

0(. 'A The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent land making part of the same.

.1, AnNER NEWTON, of Darby Creek, in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented an Iniproved Anirnal Tra-p, of which the following is a spec ih'cation.

Nature and Objects of the Invention..

The invention consists of a cage suspended over a platform, and retained by a trigger, which is released by tampering with -the bait, allowing the cage to drop. The bait is in a cup suspended from a lever, which actnates the trigger. The animal resting a paw or its head on'the edge of thecup, depresses the latter and trips the releasing device.

Description of the Accompanying Drake-ing. Figure l isa perspective view of the trap with the cage raised.

Figure 2 is a vertical section with the cage dropped.

General Description.

A is t-he platform, from which rise two posts, B B, supporting a bridge piece, G, the cage consisting of a board, D,- and a circular series ot' vertical wires, d d d. Sto., whose lower ends are in contact with the platform, when the cage is dropped, as shown in fig. 2.

lhe cage is suspended by a loop, L, from the hook J, which is held by a notch on one arm of the rockf shaft H.

G is the trigger, by which the rock-shaft is moved.A

From the trigger G depends a wire, F, at whose lower end is a bait-cup, E.

Beneath the cup E the wireis continued downward,

and slips into the opening M, when thehcvup is despring I keeps the said catch in position. When the paw or nose 'of the animal"presse`s thefedge ofthe cup, in reaching after the bait, the wire F is drawn down, tipping the lever G and rock-shaft H, so as to release the lever, whose oscillation allows the cage to fall by its own weight. The bari-K then swings down and prevent-s lifting or tipping of the cage.

. Claim.

The combination, with a suspended cage, of tbe loop L, 'lever J, and tripping devicesH G, operated by a suspended bait-holder, substantially as described and represent-ed.

` ABNER NEWTON. Witnesses:

M. A. WLNGET, J. F. CHAPMAN. 

